Best alternatives to NewTab (2026)
8 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to NewTab, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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NewTab alternatives, compared
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NewTab New Tab
Hottest posts across the web, HD wallpapers, real-time weather, beautiful calendars,轻松小游戏等等，for work and play, everything you need…
≈1K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago5 permissions- About 200× fewer users than NewTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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NewTab. Search
The extension changes default search provider.
≈70K users4.5★ from 83 ratingsUpdated 22 months agoNo special permissions- About 2.9× fewer users than NewTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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Littsearch - NewTab
New tab create and organize lists of websites by category.
≈200K users4.8★ from 276 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to NewTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Templates Newtab
Update Newtab to search and save your favorite templates and be productive
≈6K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 33× fewer users than NewTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 2)
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Rick and Morty NewTab
Bright and stylish new tab extension with popular characters on your desktop. Great and easy.
≈5K users4.8★ from 17 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 40× fewer users than NewTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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News New Tab + Search - City Backgrounds
New Tab with search news and an amazing city background
≈40K users4.8★ from 20 ratings3 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than NewTab
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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nuTab
Capture your thoughts and save favorite pages in a new tab
≈1K users4.6★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago2 permissions- About 200× fewer users than NewTab
- Updated less recently
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UP Tab
UP brings you a NewTab with Time, Date and Search
≈300K users4.5★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 1.5× more users than NewTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
NewTab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to NewTab?
By users, the most popular alternative is UP Tab with ≈300K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is NewTab New Tab.
Which NewTab alternative has the best rating?
Littsearch - NewTab has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 276 ratings.
Is there a NewTab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
NewTab. Search asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for NewTab.
How many alternatives to NewTab are there?
We list 8 close alternatives to NewTab on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.